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hoyden

noun
hoy·​den | \ ˈhȯi-dᵊn How to pronounce hoyden (audio) \

Definition of hoyden

: a girl or woman of saucy, boisterous, or carefree behavior
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hoydenish \ ˈhȯi-​dᵊn-​ish How to pronounce hoydenish (audio) \ adjective

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 Rudeness is of course still frowned upon, and sometimes hoydens behaved in ways that are rude by today’s standards – a girl who pushed another out of her seat at school was a hoyden in 1865. — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, "Where did all the hoydens go?," 24 May 2018

First Known Use of hoyden

1676, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for hoyden

perhaps from obsolete Dutch heiden country lout, from Middle Dutch, heathen; akin to Old English hǣthen heathen

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